16th DEcember 2018. a Hinged Fold Filigree Card.

Hi everyone.  today I would like to share with you my first attempt at a ' hinged filigree ' card. Ok, so I checked on you tube how to make one. Lots of good instructions, but no what thickness of card to do it with. Tried with 250 gsm....no...…!!!  So obviously thicker card was a no no. Used 220 gsm and just about managed it. Tricky ? yes !  On the one inch  fold score line for the filigree card , where you are going to attach front to the  back, after running it through your machine, if it does not cut through the die, add a shim just along that one inch fold and it should work. I wish some one had told me so that there would not have been oodles of screwed up card !

So here is my final finished go.....elegant, clean and I really like it !

I used a Spellbinder die ' Timeless Rectangles '

The flowers were made from cream pearl paper, die cut , scrunched up and shaped.

Should you decide to make one, try it out on some card that you no longer like using then if not happy with the result you won't feel too bad ! 

Take care, hugs xxx

9th December 2018 A Doily layered card

Hello, Today I have a pretty pale lemon and blue layered die cut doily card. I have just had  about my fill of making Christmas cards so it is lovely to start onto something different.

The die doily die was one I had seen used by others and after much researching, I had to have it !  I found that it was a company in Poland. Just love this die !

The flowers are Foamiran, antique white with a touch of blue Gelatos to change the colour just that little bit. My usual dried gypsophilia to add to the romantic look.

Thanks for stopping by,  bye for now  xx

3rd December, Pink and Cute Birthday Card.

Hi, Good afternoon, decided to do a simple pretty birthday card. I used a Mama Elephant stamp with the matching die, although to be honest the die was really not such a good buy as the stamped images are really easy to fussy cut around. If you are thinking to buy the matching die, thing twice as your money could go to buying something else.  I coloured the cute bunny with Copics  and matted onto a pink background.

Pretty white cotton lace added and a lattice layered flower....done !

The lattice flower is so pretty, inked the edges with a touch of Spun Sugar distress ink and popped a little rose in the middle.

Thank you for taking a peep at my work, have a lovely day xxx

22nd November 2018 A Little Bit of Winter Wonderland.

Good morning from a cold U.K. And in the famous line from ' Game of Thrones'...Winter is Coming ! Time for me to do a few Winter...Christmas style cards and toppers.  Again I used an LOTV printed sheet for this one, bought a year ago and purchased as a down load so always in my files to print as and when needed.

I added lots and lots of white die cut Winter style foliage and layered pretty Poinsettia flowers for the finishing touch.

Love ' white on white ' , especially for Christmas work.

Hope you have a lovely day, hugs xx

15th November, Using LOTV Pre-Printed Images Card.

Hi, Today is a card that I have made using the purchased pre-printed LOTV sheets, these are the new ones featuring fairies.  Now I adore LOTV stamps and products and have that many it is embarrassing. I live not too far from their ' shop ' in Farsley, Leeds and would often go and purchase loads of stuff off them. They have closed their outlet shop to the public and gone more down the way of digi printing, colour or black & white , printer ink being especially difficult with Copics, so a no - no on that one for me as it would smudge whilst trying to colour the black & white. I must add that they do still sell stamps, not as many , quite limited, and more in the line of  ' x ' amount on a sheet, so good value. So, I purchased their new fairies coloured sheet and although the fairies are so pretty I did find that I needed to ooooph the colour up a bit by adding a touch of my Copics here and there. Each to their own on that one, but here is the finished card with the touch of oooomp on the fairy !

I added glitter to the wings, a bit more green to her dress, red on the toadstool and added grass rather than leave it with just a few pale flowers that were on the print.

The inside of the card was done to complement the front.

Thank you for stopping by, enjoy your day xxx

9th November, A Shabby Chic Romantic Card

Hi, good afternoon. Another busy few days. We have managed to sell our boat and have been emptying it of all our bits and bobs. We say goodbye to it tomorrow and I will be a touch sad as we have had such lovely times with it cruising the Inland Waterways. Everything has it's time and after 20 or more years it is time to move onto something new...what ?  not sure yet !

I made a really pretty card, I think it is !  using Foamiran to make the flowers, with lots of pretty die cut foliage.

I added my favourite ivory dried gypsophilia among the flowers.

A closer peep

I always like to decorate the inside of the card to compliment the front.

You can just see the pretty scalloped lace die cut inside.

Thank you for stopping by, have a lovely weekend, hugs xx

26th October, 2018. Some More of My Work

Hi, Good evening. A busy day as usual. Like most people, I have not a clue how I managed to fit everything in, there seems to be less hours in a day than there was before I retired. But one good thing, rainy morning, cold, all scurrying off to work and I am still in bed with a lovely cup of tea....doesn't get better than that !

Christmas not too far away and us crafters get going with our Winter work as soon as possible. the first project I would like to show you is a Whimsey stamp, I think she is called Silver Fairy, quite an old stamp, but never get tired of using her.

I coloured her by using Copics and of course evry fairy has to have glittery wings.

From one extreme to another, the next one fairly simple, but I do like the end result.

I used Heartfelt Creations 'Under the Sea ' sea-horse die, coloured it in turquoise and a touch of gold. |I threaded a few beads and sequins onto some grey satin ribbon to add a touch more interest.

Hope you like them, night night xx